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The prawn fishery resources of India

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Title The prawn fishery resources of India
 
Creator Jones, S
 
Subject Crustacean Fisheries
Prawn and Prawn fisheries
 
Description The growth of the prawn fishing industry in India in recent years is reviewed
and the increasing value of prawn exports is tabulated. The most important fishery
is for various penaeid species on the west coast .
The commercially important species on all Indian coasts are listed, the geographical
areas in which they are fished are defined, and notes are given on the maximum
size attained by the species, the depths in which they are fished and the nets and
boats used. More extensive culturing of prawns is recommended.
 
Publisher FAO
 
Date 1967
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7157/1/191-FAO_EXPERIENCE_PAPER_1967_s_jones.pdf
Jones, S (1967) The prawn fishery resources of India. FAO World Scientific Conference on the Biology and Culture of Shrimps and Prawns. pp. 1-12.